I describe my works as books, but my publishers in Spain, in the United States, and elsewhere insist on calling them novels.

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I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in...

I live in London and I am a British subject, although I do write in...

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that...

I left my country because I was forced to, and I do not think that...

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good...

I know that many writers have had to write under censorship and yet produced good...

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write -...

I have one main reader, Miriam Gomez, my wife. She reads everything I write -...

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I have assiduously avoided calling my books novels.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

I was never a true journalist, I was a movie critic.

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you...

Watching a movie from beginning to end is like reading, because even though what you...

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to...

I do not believe in inspiration, but I must have a title in order to...

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

American literature had always considered writing a very serious matter.

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a...

Titles are not only important, they are essential for me. I cannot write without a...

I am a writer of fragments.

I am a writer of fragments.

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana,...

I think that I've tried many times to get Cuba in my writings, especially Havana,...

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes...

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes...

If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in...

If you look closely, there is no book more visual than Three Trapped Tigers, in...

Puns are a form of humor with words.

Puns are a form of humor with words.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

For me, words are just words, nothing else.

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a...

It means that no matter what you write, be it a biography, an autobiography, a...

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic...

There were influences in my life that were more important than journalism, such as comic...

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who...

I believe that writers, unless they consider themselves terribly exquisite, are at heart people who...

I think all writing is done through memory.

I think all writing is done through memory.